[Silbury Skoda - Cramlington..]

Just ordered a superb elegance with l&k pack.

My 5th car from Silury

As usual - excelent purchace experience with Justin & his dad Terry (who is the owner).

Sevice is always very helpfull - Jim & Kevin front of house, & Andy and his team in the workshop.

It's Silbry that stops me buing a different make of car not Skoda UK who are most unhelpful.

[Autolights with a mind of their own]

Same prob - lights on in bright sun (had this on two Octavias).

Dealer agreed there was a prob, but could not fix.

After many letters to Skoda Uk and a suportive dealer I got my £45 back (cost of the extra) and a free first service.

[Lights & wipers]

My Octavia II Elegance has tunnel lights that sometimes come on in bright sunshine and auto wipers that give a wipe in the dry and also speed up after a few intermittent wipes. Two years old and the dealer still can't fix it - waiting for a new sensor which is on back order.

Anyone out there had these probs and how were they fixed?

[Do Czechs have smaller bottoms?]

Hi,

I raised a question earlier about seat comfort in the Octavia. In pursuit of facts I have been back to the Skoda dealer and VW and measured the seats.

The seats on my Pug 306 are 33cm wide on the flat central bit and 52cm including the side bolsters. Front to back is 45cm

The Golf is also 33cm by 51cm and 50cm fore and aft.

Octavia is only 30cm in the centre and 47cm overall width, it is longer fore and aft at 47cm.

The difference is really quite significant.

Conclusion has to be that the Czech people have small bottoms and long legs

A further problem re seat comfort in this comparison is that the Side bolsters on the Pug consist of firm padding only NO rigid plastic within.

The Golf has a detectable plastic side piece, but it is quite well padded.

The Octy has very thin padding the bolster is narrow.

I am afraid that it is looking as if the Octy is just too small in the seat for my missus although we are going to try a drive with a suitable cushion to see if this sorts it out.

It is a huge pity as the car is great otherwise.

It seems strange that more people have not found this a problem. Jan is not overweight, but does have quite wide hips.

I agree with you

My wife is size 12 but has fond that a 2" foam pad on top of the seat has made a big improvement to her comfort